In the wake of cost sharing of fees by government and students in the tertiary level, cost of tertiary education is now unbearable looking at the cost of attending public institutions following the publication of fees by our universities and the expenditures borne by students on our various campuses. The secretariat views the recent developments as frightening and alarming. The situation is aggravated by the government’s emphasis on universities to alternatively generate funds internally to supplement their share of the budget. Fundamentally, education is a right not a privilege as stipulated in the Section 25 of the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana. However in recent times education is gradually becoming a preserve for the rich. It therefore means that access to tertiary education is a matter of affordability. This throws out of cinch the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) 2 object of increasing access and participation to education and training at all levels. The cost sharing was introduced because there is the laying claim that government can not wholly finance education so parents should bear some of the cost of education but what is prevailing these days is cost shifting without government fulfilling its part of the bargain. This is evidenced by government’s failure to pay subventions to our tertiary institutions but relying entirely on the Get Fund which was established to supplement government subventions to education. One may argue that there are infrastructural expansions on our campuses, increasing donation of cars, equipment and other facilities. In our respectful view, that is commendable and all governments should follow suit. This commendable action fragrantly eases the congestion on our campuses. On the other hand, the question then arises that, what good is it if we cannot pay for our fees? Every semester, students struggle to even register because of inability to pay Academic Facility User Fees (AFUF). In some schools, management allows for 50% or 75% of the AFUF to be paid before they can register for the semester. Given that opportunity we still struggle. What is more, students in the tertiary institutions now expend huge sums of money on transportation, fees, accommodation, photocopying, printing, handout, faculty dues; etc. Our economy has shown relative stability for sometime now yet these expenses borne by students keep on increasing every academic year. The worse of it all is the issue of accommodation, for which students spend not less than GH¢350.We must not misplace sight of the fact that students rely on their parents and the vast majority of our parents receive less than GH¢300 per month as salaries. Recent research done by the secretariat suggests that the cost of education with respect to tertiary education per year on the average is GH¢1300.This leaps to our eyes that it is now overly expensive and we must as a matter of urgency take a critical look at it. The secretariat on the balance of probabilities recommends that; a) Government should consider the enactment of right to education law. This will seek to expressly state as to how government will make education a right. As to whether education shall be a right up to the secondary level, or the tertiary level with regard to undergraduate or postgraduate. b) GET Fund should be used for the purpose for which it was established. In effect, the letter and spirit of the Act should be complied with. c) Corporate bodies should make conscious effort to support tertiary education. d) Government should deregulate the financial system to encourage financial institutions to establish loan schemes to support students. In calling on government to critically look at the funding of tertiary education, we encourage all graduates to stay in the country so that we can together build Ghana. Signed THEOPHILUS TAWIAH Local NUGS President University of Cape Coast